With consumer prices creeping higher as shortages plague almost every industry from manufacturing to grocery stores, many people are wondering if economic relief is on the way. On this episode of Freightonomics, Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland look upstream to…
Data released Friday from Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ: CASS) shows the freight industry advanced at a blistering pace during May. The Cass Freight Index logged the highest-ever growth rates in the shipments and expenditures components of the dataset’s more than…
PITTSBURGH, PA—Locomation, the world’s first technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous truck convoying, today announced a multi-year agreement with PGT Trucking Inc., a leader in flatbed transportation, to deploy Locomation autonomous truck technology for use on PGT Trucking routes. During…
Cleo, which like other companies involved in business-to-business (B2B) technology, saw rapid growth in the past year as online commerce and communication accelerated, has received a strategic investment from an affiliate of alternative investment firm H.I.G. Capital. The companies did…
When a hurricane hits, how long does trucking get impacted? That was the focus of a recent study at Omnitracs. Ashim Bose, the chief data and artificial intelligence officer at Omnitracs, led that study. He joins Drilling Deep podcast host…
This week we explore evidence that may soon demand a verdict on hydrogen as a transportation fuel, plus highlights from companies doing what they can to get on the right side of the business viability that Lordstown Motors said may…
Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look back at the week in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a tornado spotted from inside a descending airplane, a trucker saving an injured animal and a midair unmanned military…
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A brutal heat wave will begin this weekend in the Southwest, with temperatures well exceeding 100 degrees in many spots. Because the intense heat could last for several days, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued excessive heat warnings across…
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